Re: anyone else agree that was a fantastic bit of corner work by buddy mcgirt

Didnt see the fight but I saw when he pulled Gatti out of the Mayweather fight and that was a good call. Sometimes you know your fighter is out classed and if youre getting slaughtered for 11 rounds then theres a massive chance the other guy is just gonna pick up where he left off after 1 min.

Re: anyone else agree that was a fantastic bit of corner work by buddy mcgirt

It was what it was really. I mean Macklin was done. At that point it was a heart alone carrying the weight of a middle. I think McGirt got it right and did whatever a reasonable corner would. It wasn't fantastic, or questionable, just due.

Re: anyone else agree that was a fantastic bit of corner work by buddy mcgirt

Thank funk some of you guys only get to talk about boxing.

A couple of rounds before the finish McGirt was telling Macklin "you've stopped moving your head, you're not throwing enough punches, and stop just following him around the ring"

It was blatantly obvious his fighter was fading badly. Now consider Macklin was basically saved by the bell in the 11th after suffering two heavy knockdowns, there was no need to take a look at him, had the 11th round gone on McGirt would have almost certainly thrown the towel in anyway to stop Macklin ending up face first unconcious.

Re: anyone else agree that was a fantastic bit of corner work by buddy mcgirt

Good decision imo. Mackin lives to fight another day (in terms of his credibility). He was completely done and would only have got savagely beaten if he went back out for the 12th.

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I haven't seen the fight, but Buddy is known for looking for a reason to throw the towel in. That said, there's times to save a fighter, there's times where they need more rounds to see if they can turn the tide.

Imagine if Buddy McGirt was the trainer for Joe Frazier, Ray Leonard, Rocky Marciano, George Foreman, Carmen Basilio, or even Muhammad Ali...those guys fought through adversity all the time!

Re: anyone else agree that was a fantastic bit of corner work by buddy mcgirt

Originally Posted by El Kabong

I haven't seen the fight, but Buddy is known for looking for a reason to throw the towel in. That said, there's times to save a fighter, there's times where they need more rounds to see if they can turn the tide.

Imagine if Buddy McGirt was the trainer for Joe Frazier, Ray Leonard, Rocky Marciano, George Foreman, Carmen Basilio, or even Muhammad Ali...those guys fought through adversity all the time!

All those guys had the tools to turn a fight around. Mathhew Macklin was never going to KO Martinez, all he was going to do was get hurt.

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